Lot 589
  • 589

A 'DING-TYPE' DISH QING DYNASTY

Estimate
300 - 400 GBP
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Description

the flaring sides rising from an angled base and short tapering foot, freely incised to the interior with a leafy lotus flower and covered overall in a creamy-white glaze

Literature

The Tectus Collection. Chinese Ceramics, Stockholm, 1991, pl. 72.

Condition

This soft-paste dish is suffused with craquelure. A very fine hairline crack from the rim, approximately 5 cm. The foot with 1 cm of restoration. Some pinpricks and very tiny nibbles to the rim. In otherwise good condition.
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